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R. W. GREENE. COMBINED TAG HOLDER AND HAS? LOCK.

Patented Feb. 21vl V1888.

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@35% A34 @Hom/1m31 UNITED STATEs ROBERT W. GREENE, OE sAvANNAr-I,AssrGNoR OE ONE-HALE To SAMUEL P. HAMILTON, OE onA'rHATI COUNTY,GEORGIA.

COMBINED TAG-HOLDER AND HASPLOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,393, dated February2l, 1888.

Application filed November 9:2, 1587.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT W. GREENE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Savannah, in the county of Chatham and State of Georgia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Tag orLabel Holder and Hasp-Lock; and l do hereby de clare the following to bea full, clear, and eX- act description of the invention, such as Willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make andusethe same.

My invention is an improvement in a combined tag or label holder andhasp-lock; and my said invention consists of a hasp formed With a recessor slot therein for the reception of the address tag or label, andprovided with a lock of novel construction for engaging the staple andsecuring the hasp in place, the construction of the parts being suchthat at the same time that the hasp is locked to the staple theaddress-tag is also locked in place and its removal prevented until thehasp is unlocked and Withdrawn from the staple, and for the purposes aswill presently appear.

The object of this invention is to provide a hasp for use upon cardoors,mail-pouches, Src. that will combine in itself a lock to secure theparts together and a holder for the address tag or label, to accomplishwhich I proceed as follows, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings for a better understanding of the details of construction andarrangement of the parts, and in which drawings- Figure l represents aview in front elevation of a combined hasp-lock and tag-holderconstructed according to my invention, the parts being shown as in theirlocked position. Fig. 2 represents a similar vienr illustrating theparts in .their unlocked position, with the address-tag about to beinserted within the recess provided therefor in the hasp, and the topportion of the lock-case removed to disclose the construction of theparts or mechanism of said lock. Fig. 3 represents a centrallongitudinal, and Fig. 1 a transverse sectional, elevation on the linesx :c and y y, respectively, of Fig. 1.

A designates the hasp proper, having the usual slot, a, at one end forthe insertion of the 5o staple B. rlhis hasp is formed of two plates,

Serial No. 255,953. (No model.)

A and A', slightly separated from each other by a narrow strip,a',whichextends along each side and the rear end, so as to form the recess A2between the plates A A', and a certain portion of the top plate, A', isalso lcut away, as 55 at C, for the purposes as will presently appear;or,instead of forming the hasp of the two plates A A', it may be castWith the recess A2 therein, if desired. This recess A2 is for thereception of the address-tag, the superscription whereof 6o is viewedthrough the opening G, above referred to; and diagonally across thebottom of this recess A2 is a curved spring, D, which eX- tendslongitudinally from end to end of said recess,and has an upward pressureagainst the bottom of the tag, as shown in Fig.4, whereby said tag issecurely held in place.

To place the tag T in position, which must occur before the hasp isplaced on the staple, it is inserted from the front end over the sta- 7cple-slot a and run back in the direction of the arrow-upon the top ofthe spring D, and until the outer end of said tag is beyond thestapleslot. If, therefore, the staple be nonr inserted into the slot aof the hasp, the withdrawal of the tag from the hasp is prevented, whichis the result so long as the staple remains in this position. To lockthe hasp is the next step, and to accomplish this a loclrease, as at E,is provided, Which may either be secured upon 8O or as an integralcasting, with the hasp adjacent toftheslot a thereof, so as to engagethe staple after it has passed through said slot. The

' lock mechanism consists of a hook, e, pivoted at c' to the case E andterminating in a notched 85 end, e?, and a locking bolt or tumbler, F,the end f of which engages the notched end eL of the hook @and securessaid hook in its closed position.

Reactingsprings, as at c3 and f',are provided 9o for the hook e and boltF, respectively, and said bolt is also formed with a curved recess, asat f2, Within which the key plays and Whereby said locking-tumbler ismoved hack to disengage the end thereof from the end of the hook e.

By the insertion of the bool; e through the staple after said staple hasbeen inserted through the slot ce of the hasp, said hasp is secured inposition, and by reason of the locking roo of the 'said hook by theengagement with the end thereof of the bolt F, said hook is preventedfrom removal until the bolt F is disengaged by the action of aproperly-constructed key.

The result of this construction of combined hasp-lock and tag-holder isthat at the same time that the hasp is locked in place the removal ofthe tag is prevented.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new therein, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows,viz:

1. The hasp formed of the two plates A and A, slightly separated andwith the narrow strip c along each side and rear end to form the recessA2, the entrance to which is in line With the staple-slot a, the plateA, forming the bottom, being solid and with the stapleslot a therein,and the plate A', vwith an opening, C, therein, combined with the springD, extendinglongitudinally of the liasp and resting upon the bottomplate, A, as described, for the purposes specied. i

2. The combination, in a hasp-lock, of the hasp having the staple-slota, the lock forming an integral part of said hasp vand composed of' acase, E, within which is pivoted a hook, e, havinganotched end, e2, boltF, provided with the projection f, engaging said hook, spring e3, forreacting the hook e, and spring f', for reacting the bolt F, asdescribed, for the purposes specied.

3. As an improved article of manufacture,

' the combined hasp-lock and tag-holder herein ROBERT IN. GREENE.

Witnesses:

JOHN M. BLACK, M. F. MOLINA.

